You know the classic examples of onomatopoeia like “boom,” “splat,” and “pow,” but there are plenty of words you use every day that are also onomatopoeia!

From cheesy to cool, all other languages borrow these indispensable terms from English words!

All words had to start somewhere—but sometimes, after much searching and analyzing, no satisfying origin explanation can be found.

“Fuisce” or “uisce bheatha” (meaning the water of life) is the Irish for whiskey. While the English word has evolved quite a bit from these versions, the basic “shh” sound in the middle and the ending ...